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Definition of Cunctator
1. Noun. Someone who postpones work (especially out of laziness or habitual carelessness).
Generic synonyms: Delayer
Derivative terms: Postpone, Procrastinate
Definition of Cunctator
1. n. One who delays or lingers.
Definition of Cunctator
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cunctator
Literary usage of Cunctator
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Rome to the Battle of Actium by Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh (1894)
"... Fabius Maximus Verrucosus (cunctator) baffles Hannibal, who enters Campania,
but finds it unsuitable for winter quarters—He makes his way back to Apulia ..."
2. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1912)
"... Xysticus cunctator* The fifty-one spiders taken from three cells of a Trypoxylon
burrow, Greeley County, ..."
3. Hannibal by William O'Connor Morris (1897)
"... of affairs at Rome—The dictator Fabius—Wise views of the cunctator—He pursues
Hannibal—Fabius tries to cut him off—Hannibal escapes—Indignation against ..."
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